AaronOS

#1

Post by luke2m » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

AaronOS
aaronos.dev

Re: AaronOS

#2

Post by sebow » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:12 PM UTC

Looks better & feels snappier than w11(which granted is a low bar).Not usually a fan of such web-based projects but this looks good, and it's not a full-on replica so points for originality aswell.

Re: AaronOS

#3

Post by pkhodiyar » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:35 PM UTC

I love 'web-desktops' so made a comprehensive github repo listing 171 such webDesktops that people made. AaronOS is a part of it wit proper attribution to original creator.

Please have a look here, you will love it : https://github.com/zriyans/awesome-OS

Re: AaronOS

#4

Post by Koshkin » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:38 PM UTC

Looks nice, especially in the full screen mode. Not sure what this is for though. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Re: AaronOS

#5

Post by Koshkin » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:47 PM UTC

pkhodiyar wrote: post #3

I love 'web-desktops' so made a comprehensive github repo listing 171 such webDesktops that people made. AaronOS is a part of it wit proper attribution to original creator. Please have a look here, you will love it : https://github.com/zriyans/awesome-OS

Also: http://www.virtualdesktop.org/

Re: AaronOS

#6

Post by luke2m » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:59 PM UTC

pkhodiyar wrote: post #3

I love 'web-desktops' so made a comprehensive github repo listing 171 such webDesktops that people made. AaronOS is a part of it wit proper attribution to original creator. Please have a look here, you will love it : https://github.com/zriyans/awesome-OS

That’s a really cool collection.

Re: AaronOS

#7

Post by marcodiego » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 3:01 PM UTC

I tried eyeOS long time ago. A plan I never put forward was to use it as a UI to remotely control some device or give access to a few resources of the computer it was running on. Now that tor allows me to give a "universal" name for a machine, maybe I'll think again about doing that.

Re: AaronOS

#8

Post by rfraile » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

marcodiego wrote: post #7

I tried eyeOS long time ago. A plan I never put forward was to use it as a UI to remotely control some device or give access to a few resources of the computer it was running on. Now that tor allows me to give a "universal" name for a machine, maybe I'll think again about doing that.

EyeOS was developed around 15 years ago, when the internet enviroment was on the beginning of web2.0, so things were so different... Now, nearly all of those every day use programs have some sort of web application release or equivalent.

It's something like WindowsCE who tried to move the workings of the desktop to the mobile instead of a fresh interpretation of the platform like Android did at their time.

Re: AaronOS

#9

Post by smt88 » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 3:44 PM UTC

Koshkin wrote: post #4

Looks nice, especially in the full screen mode. Not sure what this is for though. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Mostly fun and entertainment.

Browsers are resource hogs, and they mostly used to run antiquated JavaScript. Creating a responsive, nice-looking "OS" desktop in a browser is something akin to code golf. It's a demonstration of skill at least.

Re: AaronOS

#10

Post by testudovictoria » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 4:19 PM UTC

sebow wrote: post #2

Looks better & feels snappier than w11(which granted is a low bar).Not usually a fan of such web-based projects but this looks good, and it's not a full-on replica so points for originality aswell.

Web desktops usually aren't meant to be a true replacement of an actual OS. They tend to be long-tailed exercises that marry web development and desktop development.